Word: lead
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...trials on Friday made us rather optimistic, but somehow we could not quite believe that the intercollegiate championship would really be won. But from the very beginning of the afternoon on Saturday, it was apparent that Harvard was making the best showing, and most of the time a comfortable lead was maintained. In several events the University team did better than anyone would have expected, and throughout, the performances were uniformly excellent. After such a discouraging season, it is particularly gratifying to see a team keep up its spirit and win against opponents who were rated far better...
...first baseball game with Cornell at Ithaca on Saturday resulted in a victory for the University team, by the score of 5 to 2. Harvard secured a lead of two runs in the first inning, increased it to four in the fourth by good hitting, and thereafter the game was never in doubt...
...Sargent jumped his slide in the first few strokes, both eights stopped rowing when Blagden raised his hand as a signal of an accident. After this false start, further delay was caused by the drifting of the Cornell stake-boat. When the crews finally got away, Cornell gained a lead of half a length, both crews rowing 40 strokes to the minute. Soon after the start the stroke of both eights was lowered to 36, with Cornell leading and at the half-mile mark Cornell was still half a length ahead. In the next half-mile Cornell kept gaining slightly...
...Cornell 1912 eights, Harvard was easily defeated by four lengths. Towards the end of the race the blade work of the Harvard crew became ragged, and the men were very slow in getting their oars into the water at the catch. Although Harvard was the first to take the lead at the start, the Cornell freshmen were ahead at the quarter-mile mark, and from this point on increased their lead steadily...
...considerable doubt. Krueger of Swarthmore was unable to make his best put in competition and unless he does considerably better today he is likely to lose to Little of Harvard and Horner of Michigan who were second and third yesterday. Talbott of Cornell seems to have a safe lead over Coy of Yale for fourth place and it is not likely that he will be able to increase his distance enough to take third...